Highland Council

Highland Council has unveiled a new online tool which will help speed up the process of identifying households that are most in need of energy efficiency improvements. Last year the local authority launched its pioneering Energy Benchmarking Tool which is used to monitor non-domestic property-relate

A mix of properties for social and mid-market rent will soon be available at the Pinefield housing development located in Carrbridge. The Highland Council has taken ownership of a number of properties from the contractor Tulloch Homes. The five properties which will soon welcome new residents includ

The Highland Council has published annual reports which help to monitor infrastructure and give insight into future development opportunities across the region.

Highland Council has adopted new non-statutory planning guidance on biodiversity. The revised Biodiversity Planning Guidance (BPG) was adopted by the council's economy and infrastructure committee following a 12-week public consultation.

The Housing and Property Committee of the Highland Council met yesterday and noted the Housing Service performance report 2023/24 that met the agreed priorities and associated initiatives in the Local Housing Strategy 2023-2028. The report highlighted a number of achievements in 2023/24 in increasin

Kate Lackie, Malcolm MacLeod and Allan Gunn have been appointed as assistant chief executives with The Highland Council. Under a new council structure consisting of three service clusters, they will each manage a service reporting directly to chief executive Derek Brown.

A rural community in the far north of Scotland has welcomed the first new social housing in the village since the 1990s.

The Highland Council's Community Regeneration Fund Strategic Group met recently and awarded £1,033,354 from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) to support 21 community-led projects across Highland. This funding is made up from the 2024/25 capital and revenue allocations contained with the UK

Plans for 66 new homes on land on the edge of Easter Ross town, Invergordon, have been given the green light by the Highland Council's North Area Planning Committee.

A Highland councillor has written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer calling for action to support police officers find affordable accommodation in the Highlands and Islands. Councillor Karl Rosie said there are severe challenges faced by officers in securing affordable housing and has called on Cha

The Highland Council has paid tribute to Councillor Alasdair Rhind who passed suddenly on 4 April 2024. During his current term of service, Alasdair was a member of the Corporate Resources Committee, Black Isle and Easter Ross Area Committee, Economy and Infrastructure Committee, Housing and Propert

Grampian Housing Association’s visionary Old School regeneration project at Abergeldie Road, in the Ballater conservation area of Aberdeenshire has won the Best Use of Empty Homes to Meet Social/Affordable Housing Need award at the 13th Scottish Empty Homes Conference.

Badenoch & Strathspey has become only the second part of Scotland to have a control zone for short-term lets (STLs) after the rules came into force yesterday.

The Highland Council has agreed a package of £54.634 million savings as part of a three-year strategy to manage an estimated £113m budget gap. Around £26.079m of these budget savings have been agreed for 2024/25, with further savings in years 2 and 3.

A three-year strategy to manage a budget gap of £113 million is central to proposals going to Highland Council’s budget setting meeting on 29 February. Inflation, interest rates, pay increases, wider economic factors and cost pressures in key areas such as adult social care, have had a d